尽管: ‘even though’

尽管 is used to link statements of fact, i.e. where the situation is already as described. In all of the example sentences above, 即使 could grammatically be replaced with 尽管, which would change the meaning to:

“Even though that restaurant does very tasty food, I still don’t want to eat there.” “Although there are people more beautiful than you, there aren’t many of them.” “Even though I’ve got enough money, I still won’t buy a Ferrari.”

More examples for 尽管:

尽管美国是个发达国家，却还有些很贫穷的人。 Jǐnguǎn Měiguó shì ge fādá guójiā , què hái yǒu xiē hěn pín qióng de rén. “Even though America is a developed country, it still has some very poor people.”